Doug Molitor

Doug Molitor
Born (1952-07-08) July 8, 1952 (age 72)
Los Angeles, California, US
Occupationscreenwriter
LanguageEnglish

Doug Molitor (born July 8, 1952) is an American television screenwriter.

He has written for TV programs including Adventure Inc., Sliders, F/X: The Series, Lucky Luke, Police Academy: The Series, You Can't Take It with You, Sledge Hammer!, Young Hercules, Ritas Welt (Rita's World), Dinosaucers, James Bond Jr. and Deepwater Black (U.S. title: Mission Genesis).

He has won the American Accolades TV & Shorts Competition for "Farewell to Tuvalu", an episode of The West Wing,[1] and was nominated for a Humanitas Prize for his work on the Captain Planet and the Planeteers episode "The Ark".[2]

He wrote for the Italian television series Lucky Luke.[3] He was selected by the Writers Guild of America to participate in Writers Access Project.[4]

In 1987 he was a four-time Jeopardy! winner and competed in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, and a semifinalist in the Jeopardy! 10th Anniversary Tournament.

  1. ^ Haddad, Michael (2005). The Screenwriter's Sourcebook: A Comprehensive Marketing Guide for Screen and Television Writers. Chicago Review Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-55652-550-6. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  2. ^ "'Fly Away' Writers in the Running for Humanitas Prizes". Los Angeles Times. 26 June 1992. p. 24. Retrieved 18 November 2010.[dead link]
  3. ^ Green, Paul; Hoffman, Mike (2009). Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns: Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Films, Television and Games. McFarland. pp. 138–139. ISBN 978-0-7864-4390-1. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  4. ^ McNary, Dave (13 April 2010). "WGA taps 20 for Writer Access Project". Variety. Retrieved 18 November 2010.